Dak is like a needy son-in-law

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Here is my analogy of the debate about Dak as our QB..

It's sort of like you have a daughter. She is getting married. The guy does not make alot of money. You try to tell your daughter this and that she will probably struggle her whole marriage.

But she insists and she marries him. You end up helping raise the kids because they are always broke and you have to keep propping up their family with money under the table.

After time goes by, there will be a divorce and the daughter and kids move in with you and you have to be dad and father and provider constantly. You do it becuz you love your family but what you really want is to have the daughter find another guy who can get the job done and not need constant help.

Now..what am I saying?

Ok..

Dak is the needy son in law, he wants to succeed but he needs a ton of help. You as the owner GM like your son in law and want his daughter to be protected and taken care of.

So you spend like crazy to put players around Dak and pay DAK to succeed.

But it is a constant and ongoing process and things just do not get to a closure of a title for the team.

We did this once already with Romo. Jerrah is doing it again with Dak.

I am not a Dak hater. I am a Cowboy Lover.

I wish there was a better scenario but there is not.

So we as fans sit..and wait.

And worry and spit nails and debate.

Sound familiar?

Comments certainly invited..not trying to rile you guys up. Only get things in context using easily understood scenarios. The younger fans will have no clue what the hey I am saying.

You older guys know EXACTLY what I am saying.
Bro just talk to your daughter.
 

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So the offensive production and turnover on downs isn’t part of the reason for the TOP difference?

Lets see now. If the defense hadn't allowed TWO running backs to rush for MORE than 200 yards chewing up yards and clock and scoring TD's the offense when they finally got the ball wouldn't have been forced to go for it on 4th downs and turning the ball over if they thought they would get the ball back with any time left. If you don't see that the defense was what cost that game then you are just about the only person who doesn't. Even people that aren't actual Cowboy fans have said it was the defense that lost that game. Being a Prescott hater you can't see that there have been a lot more reasons for the Cowboys failures than Prescott.
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Funny analogy. Probably better told while having porch beers than it was a forum topic, judging by some of the responses. But funny to me, anyway. And I like Dak.

Franchise QBs pretty much always get built around, though. And if you have just invested in a guy like Zeke, it makes sense to build around him too. They want to keep a stranglehold on that #1 ranked offense!
Glad you got something out of it.

I wish I could sit on a porch and knock back some beers.

Princely idea.

It's just boring and scary right now.

Not sure which is worst..

Losing all the sports until who knows when?

Or getting the virus and just checking out?

Each seems pretty terminal.
 

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Funny analogy. Probably better told while having porch beers than it was a forum topic, judging by some of the responses. But funny to me, anyway. And I like Dak.

Franchise QBs pretty much always get built around, though. And if you have just invested in a guy like Zeke, it makes sense to build around him too. They want to keep a stranglehold on that #1 ranked offense!
Glad you got something out of it.

I wish I could sit on a porch and knock back some beers.

Princely idea.

It's just boring and scary right now.

Not sure which is worst..

Losing all the sports until who knows when?

Or getting the virus and just checking out?

Each seems pretty termin
Ya me too.

You guys hang in there.

I am getting ready to go home after 7 months in the hospital from a back surgery.

Leaving tomorrow so will probably get back when the season resumes in a few months..let's all hope so.

And just remember if you guys snap and kill the wife over the quarantines..

When the police ask you why you did it..

Telling them not having Redball Express on your Cowboys Zone to whip on drove me to insanity is not going to work.

All my best and Thanx for entertaining me all these days.

Toodles

Go Cowboys.

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That, again, is a narrow view designed to fit a narrative. Winning, especially in the playoffs, requires a team effort. Every QB, even the elite ones, need contributions from the rest of the team. You pretend that's only the case with Dak and the Cowboys, which, again, makes rational conversation with you impossible.
Not at all. You used the excuse Dak couldn’t look better because the run game was not effective against the Rams. The best QB in the league makes opposing teams pay for commuting to the run.

I can also name the Patriots, Saints and Eagles, any of those games could have been won with the best QB in the league.
 

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I really don't know how people can't grasp that it's a team game, and that includes the coaches.

What's amazing to me is how awful the coaching was last year. We were just throwing games away week after week.
That's true. I've only been talking about the remainder of the team also contributing to the loss, but the coaches easily contributed as well.
 

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Lets see now. If the defense hadn't allowed TWO running backs to rush for MORE than 200 yards chewing up yards and clock and scoring TD's the offense when they finally got the ball wouldn't have been forced to go for it on 4th downs and turning the ball over if they thought they would get the ball back with any time left. If you don't see that the defense was what cost that game then you are just about the only person who doesn't. Even people that aren't actual Cowboy fans have said it was the defense that lost that game. Being a Prescott hater you can't see that there have been a lot more reasons for the Cowboys failures than Prescott.
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Who ever said I am a hater? I said he deserves a lot of money. You are the one who is arguing he is worth best QB in the NFL money. He wants best QB money and he is clearly not the best QB. Doesn’t make me a hater.
 

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Not at all. You used the excuse Dak couldn’t look better because the run game was not effective against the Rams. The best QB in the league makes opposing teams pay for commuting to the run.

I can also name the Patriots, Saints and Eagles, any of those games could have been won with the best QB in the league.
No, I didn't say that - again, you are spinning to fit your narrative. I said Dak played well but the running game didn't contribute, and the defense sucked and allowed 273 rushing yards and allowed the rams to control the tempo and the time of possession. The clear point was that it takes more than a QB - that the rest of the team also has to pitch in and help win games, especially in the playoffs.

Of course Dak wasn't perfect (who is for that matter), but even if he had been, it still takes a whole team to win. This notion that only a QB determines wins and losses is so blatantly bogus it's laughable. Of course, I doubt that is your position when talking about other QB's around the NFL.
 

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No, I didn't say that - again, you are spinning to fit your narrative. I said Dak played well but the running game didn't contribute, and the defense sucked and allowed 273 rushing yards and allowed the rams to control the tempo and the time of possession. The clear point was that it takes more than a QB - that the rest of the team also has to pitch in and help win games, especially in the playoffs.

Of course Dak wasn't perfect (who is for that matter), but even if he had been, it still takes a whole team to win. This notion that only a QB determines wins and losses is so blatantly bogus it's laughable. Of course, I doubt that is your position when talking about other QB's around the NFL.
So are you not arguing that Dak deserves #1 QB in the league money? Because my whole point is he is not the best in the league. He is the one asking for that contract. Not me.
 

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I will keep saying this but I've never saw you and most in a praise Dak thread with this bs team game stuff. If you can't seem to find your way to them threads with this junk why bring it in here? Stay consistent smh.

I've always said it is a team game, and you evaluate everyone on what they contribute to the team, not by record.
I had "Team game." in my .signature for a while, along with "Dead cap is dead" and "It was a catch", to save myself some effort.
 

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So are you not arguing that Dak deserves #1 QB in the league money? Because my whole point is he is not the best in the league. He is the one asking for that contract. Not me.

You don't have to be #1 in the league to get #1 money when the pay scale is always going up, *and* you're a young guy good for 2 more contracts.
 

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So are you not arguing that Dak deserves #1 QB in the league money? Because my whole point is he is not the best in the league. He is the one asking for that contract. Not me.
That's a shift of gears from what we were talking about, but ...

No, of course I don't think he's the best QB in the NFL. I've never remotely suggested he was. But that's not exactly the same question as what he deserves to be paid, because contrary to what some believe, pay is not a position ranking. It can't be because not every QB is negotiating a contract at exactly the same time under exactly the same market conditions. Pay is a function of what the market will bear, and is based on supply and demand. The bottom line is if Pat Mahomes or Aaron Rodgers were negotiating a contract today, they would easily surpass whatever Dak will get. But that's not the timing, and if Dak does end up getting paid more than any other QB it will be because market conditions are changing. QB salaries don't freeze until the best QBs negotiate their next contract, they keep going up.
 

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Here is my analogy of the debate about Dak as our QB..

It's sort of like you have a daughter. She is getting married. The guy does not make alot of money. You try to tell your daughter this and that she will probably struggle her whole marriage.

But she insists and she marries him. You end up helping raise the kids because they are always broke and you have to keep propping up their family with money under the table.

After time goes by, there will be a divorce and the daughter and kids move in with you and you have to be dad and father and provider constantly. You do it becuz you love your family but what you really want is to have the daughter find another guy who can get the job done and not need constant help.

Now..what am I saying?

Ok..

Dak is the needy son in law, he wants to succeed but he needs a ton of help. You as the owner GM like your son in law and want his daughter to be protected and taken care of.

So you spend like crazy to put players around Dak and pay DAK to succeed.

But it is a constant and ongoing process and things just do not get to a closure of a title for the team.

We did this once already with Romo. Jerrah is doing it again with Dak.

I am not a Dak hater. I am a Cowboy Lover.

I wish there was a better scenario but there is not.

So we as fans sit..and wait.

And worry and spit nails and debate.

Sound familiar?

Comments certainly invited..not trying to rile you guys up. Only get things in context using easily understood scenarios. The younger fans will have no clue what the hey I am saying.

You older guys know EXACTLY what I am saying.

Good example.

Shows excatly where the problems is.

Sad that our FO does not get it. They seem to be so frightened of drafting a new QB. As if they know they have no clue to evaluate talent at that position.
 

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Who ever said I am a hater? I said he deserves a lot of money. You are the one who is arguing he is worth best QB in the NFL money. He wants best QB money and he is clearly not the best QB. Doesn’t make me a hater.

Please go through all of my posts and find where I said Prescott deserves best QB money, although I have scoffed at those that say he should only get 25 mil a year. There also is a difference between what someone feels a player deserves to be paid and also understanding that the price for all players, especially QB's, goes up every year. I also understand that what you, me or any fan thinks what any player should be paid is 10,000% irrelevant to what Jerry or Stephen decides to pay them.
 

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Good example.

Shows excatly where the problems is.

Sad that our FO does not get it. They seem to be so frightened of drafting a new QB. As if they know they have no clue to evaluate talent at that position.

Your funny seeing how there are former players and coaches that have said that it looks like the Cowboys really got a seal in the 2016 draft getting Prescott in the 4th round. Why is it that Jerry and Stephen are afraid to draft another QB when they have said many times that Prescott is their franchise QB of the future. Why would they WASTE a high draft pick on QB when they feel they have theirs? Oh also the new head coach and new QB coach think that too. Because you from your couch don't like Prescott doesn't mean that the Cowboys don't like him.
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Please let the season be cancelled. Maybe a wasted year will take some of the whine out of the crybabies.
 
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